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Thursday, October 13, 2016

79) Grave Secret by Charlaine Harris

The Blurb :

Lightning-struck sleuth Harper Connelly and her stepbrother Tolliver take a break from looking for the dead to visit the two little girls they both think of as sisters. But, as always happens when they travel to Texas, memories of their horrible childhood resurface...

To make matter worse, Tolliver learns from his older brother that their father is out of jail and trying to reestablish contact with other family members. Tolliver wants nothing to do with the man - but he may not have a say in the matter.

Soon, family secrets ensnare them both, as Harper finally discovers what happened to her missing sister, Cameron, so may years before.

And what she finds out will change her world forever...

My Thoughts :

I read the whole Harper Connolly series back when it released. However I have a thing with Charlaine Harris and always end up reading her books again but via Audible. Why? One reason is that she has been graced by the audio book gods and always has amazing narrators. Another reason is that her books are just so good they are worth reading again. Especially when the series is over and you can binge listen to them.

The Harper Connolly series was always hard to get hold of on Audio but I noticed a while ago that they had become available and I couldn't wait to revisit the series. Despite having read the whole series I found that I had forgotten so much about all the books. I knew the general story about Harper and the lightning strike, what happened after, her abilities, her family and so on but the details that I had completely disappeared were the mysteries from each book. The plots came across, in most instances as completely new. Sounds bad in a way but it meant that this second visit to the series was even more fun.

This fourth and last book in the series tied up the loose ends. As everything started to come together there is a sense of shock but relief as Harper finally finds out what happened to her sister all those years ago and more surprisingly finds out she lost another family member around the same time. She just didn't know.

In Grave Secret is all about family. Harper and Tolliver go back to their hometown to visit some family, both welcome and unwelcome. People get hurt and people die. It is dim at times but the story is compelling and has a story you can't give up on. Especially if you have read the rest of the series.

Charlaine Harris recently released a new Aurora Teagarden Mystery and I have to wonder if she will do the same for her other series. It would be nice to catch up with Harper and Tolliver. See how they are doing. Maybe a collection of short stories. Other cases they have worked on. I feel like Harper's ability keeps filling their lives with mysteries.